Alan Quasha Finance

Football, Brain Trauma & More

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:50:46 +0000

If you love football and you love sarcasm, this is the post for you. This recent tongue-in-cheek article in The New York Times highlights many of the recent problems that college and professional football have seen. From brain injury research, like that highlighted at the Brain Trauma Foundation with Alan Quasha, to problems with the national championship games, the article touches on it all.
At the conclusion, author George Vecsey states, “Finally, fans cannot afford to contemplate the information about brain damage being unearthed by scientists and doctors and reported by Alan Schwarz in The New York Times. Just guessing that broadcasters of college and pro games will not burden fans with the details. Enjoy the spectacle. It’s entertainment.”

Inflation or Deflation?

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:23:24 +0000

In our current economic environment, it’s not always so easy to know whether we’re heading for inflation or deflation. So people who ordinarily don’t hesitate when it comes to investing their money, are now confused as to where to put it. Some, like Allen Taylor, have suggested at a time like this it might be worth “considering alternative investments.” But even Taylor claims that no one can be really sure of what the right move is.

Work of Carret Asset Management LLC

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:41:10 +0000

Carret Asset Management, LLC is a privately owned investment management firm. Alan Quasha is co-chairman of the company. One of the services the company offers is Taft-Hartley Plans. These plans comprise the following principal characteristics: a) a joint board of trustees (representing both management and labor equally) manage the fund and its assets; b) each participating employer collectively bargains the fund; c) contributions to the fund come from at least one employer; d) the assets are put into a trust fund which has a legal segregation from the union and employers to benefit only the employees and their families.

Richemont Group Staff

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:03:32 +0000

French-born non-executive director of Richemont Group Alan Dominique Perrin, graduated from Ecole des Cadres (EDC) and worked for Cartier Lighter Company first as its Commercial Attache and thereafter the Managing Director. He became CEO of Must de Cartier in 1976. As well, in 1981 he headed the Directorship of Cariter International and Cartier SA. Three years later he established the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris and in 1986 was named Representative for the Patronage of Business by France’s Minister of Culture & Communication. Perrin was appointed to the board of Richemont in 2003 where Alan Quasha has held the same position since 2000.

Mistakes That Work – Message from Alan Quasha

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:30:43 +0000

In an article in 2007 for Forbes.com, Alan Quasha shares his experience and understanding of how to use mistakes to your advantage in the business world. As founder, president and CEO of Quadrant Management, Alan Quasha brings his own experience and expertise to the article.

As Quasha writes,

“As a society, however, we are trained from our earliest days to be afraid of mistakes. We learn to react to mistakes with anger–outrage, on one hand, and fear on the other. We operate in a system in which we’re rewarded for not making mistakes and punished when we do make them. Rather than make or admit mistakes, we tend to either be risk-averse or try to cover them up.

What’s missing from this equation is growth and integrity. To learn from mistakes, we have to admit them early. To avoid big mistakes, we have to acknowledge at the outset that they are a possibility. Appropriately so, risk managers are increasingly becoming top firm managers–and firms with greater risk management controls set themselves apart from those that don’t.”

Alan Quasha and Board of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:36:52 +0000

Alan Quasha is on the Board of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA. He works with a great team, including Jürgen E Schrempp, who was appointed non-executive director in 2003. Schrempp has quite an impressive work history, until a few years ago having been the CEO of DaimlerChrysler. While it ultimately didn’t succeed, the merger between Chrysler and Daimler Benz that Schrempp was behind, was at the time, thought to be very good for both the companies. Indeed, he himself even termed it a “match made in heaven.” However, it was also through Schrempp that Mitsubishi Motors was acquired as part of his ‘Three Pillars’ plan to place Daimler-Benz into US and Asia markets. Schrempp was also in charge of the aerospace division of Daimler-Benz, known today as EADS. Today, along with being the non-executive director of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, Jürgen E Schrempp is a director of the South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation Ltd.

NET-A-PORTER & Richemont with Alan Quasha

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:10:18 +0000

Richemont is poised to create a very exciting change. In recent news, they have made an offer to shareholders in NET-A-PORTER Limited to acquire all of the company shares. At the moment, Richemont, where Alan Quasha is a non-executive director, holds about 33% of the capital of NET-A-PORTER Limited.

NET-A-PORTER.com, owned by NET-A-PORTER Limited, is the world’s premier online luxury fashion retailer. Their award-winning website is presented in the style of a fashion magazine. It offers fashion conscious women the hottest looks of the season, with new products featured weekly. Each item includes a cutting-edge designer label and can be shipped with worldwide express delivery.

At the moment, the website serves customers in over 170 countries and is viewed by over 2.5 million women each month.

News for Quasha’s Quadrant Management?

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:36:51 +0000

Alan Quasha, President of Quadrant Management, Inc. (a “principal alternative investment management firm focused on US and emerging markets”), might be interested in a recent publication entitled, ‘Transformation: The Future of Alternative Investments.’ This paper “examines in detail the transformational change of the alternative investment industry as it enters a period of significant growth, set against scrutiny from regulators and institutional investors.” As well, it looks into the reactions of alternative investment managers to “significant market volatility and regulatory uncertainty.” Many of these individuals working in this area are, as a result, “adapting their business models to maximize chances of success.”

Fine Advice for Sensible Portfolio Managers

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:00:57 +0000

It shouldn’t be so hard to comprehend that with many things in life, keeping it simple really is the best piece of advice. But somehow it is, or at least, too many people out there don’t follow this train of thought. Quite simply, what Roger Nusbaum suggests is to make it a “priority [to have] enough money when you need it, or perhaps more specifically giving yourself the best chance possible to have enough money when you need it.” Doesn’t sound too complicated does it? Perhaps when it comes to the stock market cycle, things get a bit stickier but the basic principle should remain the same.

Diagnosing Traumatic Brain Injuries

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:36:00 +0000

It is not always so easy to diagnose traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). The Brain Trauma Foundation of which Alan Quasha is chairman, works hard to “improve[e] the outcome of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients worldwide by developing best practices guidelines, conducting clinical research, and educating medical professionals and consumers.” What often hinders and delays the recovery of TBI victims – as has been the case in America’s military recently – is that it has been hard to “diagnose troops with TBI” “despite billions in research dollars.” It has been found that one of the biggest problems is that experts in the field simply cannot pinpoint exactly how the injuries happen and “the workings of the brain remain largely a mystery.” Organizations such as the Brain Trauma Foundation are working hard to alleviate this issue so that TBI victims are given the best chance of recovery.